Spare-tire holder.



L. P. MUKINNEY.

' SPARE TIRE HOLDER.

nruoumx nun mm. 21, 1901.

' Patented Sept. 22, '1908.

Inventor @vW/W 5? 5) ma Mtnmms' SPARE-TIRE HOLDER.

Application filed December 31, 1907. Serial No. 408,768

To mil whom it may roam-m:

Be it known that l. Land. Mrliixxi-zr, a

t-itizen of the United St ates. residing at Bustun, tn the eunnty at Sutlnlk and State ul" .\lasszn'lntsetts, have invented eertain new and useful Improvements in Spare-Tire lluldets. of which the l' llmvin; is a speeitieatinn.

My inventiuu relates tn derives fur earr ving sparetires ut' tire-shims nn antnnmhiles and the ohjeet (if the inventiun is to pruduee a spare-tire hnlder havin improved deviees Y both for seeurin; the tire tn the hnlder and fur seem-mg the lmlder remnvahly tn the autumulnle.

The inventinn mnsists in the improved spare-tire holder hereinafter deserilied, as defined in the l'ulluwing elaiins.

In the. aeenmpanying drawings Figure 1 is a side eleval inn at a deviee emlmdvin; the present inventinn. and Fig. 2 is a plan view, pa tly in 'seetinn.

'ihe illustratedemlmdiment ol' the inventiun comprises a shank I provided with a round tapered extremity 2 which engages a sueket nl' t'tll'l'th'pfllltllllg lnrtn in a base memher 3. A nut 4 surruunds the shank l and has a threaded engagement with the base member. while it also engages a enllar 5 lixed i tn the shank, so that by tightening the nut the shank may he ln'mlv held in engagement with the base inemher. hen the nut lnnsened, however. the shank may he turned to any position neeessary tn aernnnnudate the pnsittun til the are-engagun: pnrtiun ui the holder to the variuns ennditinns under wlneh the devn'e may he used. 11H hulder 1s nut in use the nut may he unv sereweu' entirely frnm the base member, sn

that the deviee as'a little, with th.- exeeptiun 0f the base ltntnlwt'. may he remuved from the antumuhihn in as readily replaeed 3 The lire-engaging pnrtiun 7 eumprises a head (3 ml the other end of the shank. This head has a bread llat surl'ai-e 7" against which the tire rests. and it is slntlell when necessary.

transvesely close tn the tire-engaging surfare to reeeive a strap which pas--zes through the slut and sun-maids the tire.

Specification of Letters Patent.

when the I Patented Sept. 22', 1908.

using a strap ul' sullh'ieltt length txvn tn' holder.

strap surruunding the tire ur tires has lwen The slatted head. in ('(Illllillltllifllt with a l nuttd to he an ellit'ient sulistil ute l ur the arrangement ul' erutehes and straps usual in 5-,

deviees of this eharaeter. \\hile it all'urds a runstruetmu \vlneh is mueh lighter and neater in appearanee.

inure tires may he seeured at unntn the tire rm \Yllilt the Inn'el leatures relating to the means l'nr h't't'L'l'lltfI the derive to the autuniuhile and the means fur 6U securing the tire are preferably used in eun- V junetiun, it will he apparent that they are not hunted tn sneh use. and that vat-inns mudilieatinns may he made in the emhudiment of the inventinn ln-reinlielm'e deserilied .\\'ithin the nature and senpe ut' the inventiun E as delined in the fullmrin; elaims.

l elann: 1.. A spare tu'e hnlder prnvnled with a ing a bread tireengaging snrl'aem and means l'ur seenring the tire against said sin-[aceemupris ng a strappas in; direetlv and rumpletelv arnund lmth the tire and said tireengaging purtnnt.

2. A spare-tire holder prnvnled with a head having a broad tire-engaging surl'aee and a slut passing ttattsvet'selv tlnuugh the 3 head eluse to and substantially parallel with through the slut in the head and snrrmu'nling the tire.

shank, a head at une end at the shank prosuhstantially euneentrie with and perpendieular t0 the shank and a transverse slnt close to and suhstantiall parallel with the lire-engaging surt'aee, and a strap passing through the s ut and surrmnnling the tire.

ln testinnnt. whereul', l allix my signature in prtseuee of twn witnesses.

it tn-sses:

ELLEN Lousy: BARRY, Emvznn) ll. Rust:

3. A spare-tire holder provided with ahead having a tire-engaging [)ut'llult presentthe the-engaging surl'aee, and a strap-passing 5t) vided with a broad tire-etmagin; surl'aee 35 

